Structures
A flap of cartilage that helps direct food and air down the correct tubes.
What is the Epiglottis?
Space behind the nose, lined with mucous membranes, warms the air. Olfactory region= smell.
What is the Nasal cavity?
bronch-
What is bronchus; bronchial tube
Can be obstructed by large pieces of food, tumorous growths, or swelling of inflamed lymph nodes in neck
What is the Trachea?
Inflammation of larynx or voice box
What is Laryngitis?
Organs that coordinate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during the act of breathing
What is the Lungs?
Common name is the Voice Box
What is the Larynx?
laryng-
What is larynx; voice box.
The end of the bronchioles are.
What are alveolar ducts and clusters of alveoli – alveolar sacs.
Inflammatory airway obstruction. Caused by allergen or psychological stress. Sx: difficulty exhaling, dyspnea, wheezing, tightness in chest.
What is Asthma?
The tube that leads from the larynx to the lungs; also known as the windpipe
What is the Trachea?
Serves as a common passageway for air to go to lungs & food to stomach. Divided into 3 sections: Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, and Laryngopharynx
What is the Pharynx?
-oxia
What is oxygen.
At the lower end of trachea, the bronchus divide into right and left branches known as the right and left.
What are bronchi?
Alveoli becomes over dilated, lose their elasticity. Air becomes trapped, can’t exhale – forced exhalation required. Sx: Dyspnea increases as disease progresses, affect ADL’s
What is Emphysema?
Tiny, hollow air sacs clustered like bunches of grapes at the ends of the bronchioles, which exchange gas with the surrounding capillaries
What are Alveoli?
Frontal, Maxillary, Sphenoid, and Ethmoid
What is SINUSES?
pleur-
What is pleura; serous membrane that enfolds the lung.
O2 and CO2 exchange takes place between the alveoli and ________
What are capillaries?
Infection of the lung Caused by bacteria or virus. Alveoli fill with exudates (thick fluid) Sx: chest pain, fever, chills, dyspnea, fatigue
What is Pneumonia?
Intrapleural space separating the sternum in front and the vertebral column behind
What is the Mediastinum?
In the nose filters out dust and dirt.
What is cilia?
pulmon-
What is lung.
Fill up the 2 lateral chambers of thoracic cavity and are separated by the mediastinum & heart.
What are the Lungs?
Free air inside the chest outside of the lung. Pressure causes the lung to collapse
What is a Pneumothorax?